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is the most distant LOD invisible?

paul161616;bt9041 wrote:Damn ieds are shaping up to be a big game changer for insurgency great work devs!!

They were a game changer till the nerfs.

Fantastic improvements! Love it.

great work, now maybe my squad leaders will take me seriously when i suggest only operating one or two vehicles at a time and have dismounts at the ready to check paths.

Navo;bt9047 wrote:What is the power source (IRL)?

Ford ranger or humvee can be toast from those. Seen a 200lb of HME in a jug like that hit a Ford Ranger, not pretty man.

gx;bt9084 wrote:Ford ranger or humvee can be toast from those. Seen a 200lb of HME in a jug like that hit a Ford Ranger, not pretty man.

I think he means what actually makes the spark or w/e to set them off. I'm assuming some small battery that completes a link when the board snaps.

hahaha this is evil ! I love it

This is actually a pretty cool design. Gotta give it to the talibibs to create some pretty creative IEDs lol.

Saving for IRL zombie apocalypse

Will blufor be able to deactivate these?

me:"watch out there is an IED in front!"
solider:"it's just a bottle relax..."
passing over the bottle...3 man squad wiped out
me:"told ya..."
solider rages silently.
(refered to who that don't watch Devblogs and no dirt pile)

PLODDITHANLEY;bt9044 wrote:Pile of stones are nice but won't the enemy spot that miles out?

Can the stones be placed where there isn't an IED?

Yep, so you can just use them as hobbnob said to freak out the enemy, which they are also used for a bit in r/l too as part of a physiological war

Navo;bt9047 wrote:What is the power source (IRL)?

Typically a low voltage household battery, seen a box of AA Enegiser batteries recovered from a bomb factory, but you can see in the first ref the batteries are wrapped up in that red tape and connected with the wire: Don't have any batteries on my model but that's since the batteries are connected up when its put together in the field normally.

Oskar;bt9056 wrote:Can the small rocks be used (abused) in clumps to form cover for a soldier (albeit small and somewhat insignificant)? I'm sure you've thought of this possible exploit, just curious.

Nope, they are too small and I'm pretty sure bullets don't hit them either.

Psyko;bt9071 wrote:is the most distant LOD invisible?

For the disturbed dirt the object gets culled (ie stops drawing) at 100m or so away unless your zoomed in.

Conman51;bt9098 wrote:Will blufor be able to deactivate these?

Yep, an engineer with a spanner/wrench will be able to, and the sapper will also be able to pick these up with his shovel
Possibly even blurfor can shovel these away currently in fact but might need to look into that since this is a more complicated type of IED to diffuse than a grenade trap

Are these still set off if you crawl prone past them?

hobbnob;bt9112 wrote:Are these still set off if you crawl prone past them?

Nope, you can crawl on them to diffuse them and they won't go off, they only will if you walk over them

NIIICE......

how visible are they on thermals?

Mats391;bt9119 wrote:how visible are they on thermals?

Less visible than they are in normal mode:
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Great, things will get nasty .

Question, besides you can mark it with the stones. Are the isurgents/talibs, able to mark it on the map, like AT mines?

And can these explosives be destroyed by any other explosives/fire? Such as, AT HE etc.

EDIT: Oops, I double posted.

Dude_Nukem;bt9136 wrote:Great, things will get nasty .

Question, besides you can mark it with the stones. Are the isurgents/talibs, able to mark it on the map, like AT mines?

And can these explosives be destroyed by any other explosives/fire? Such as, AT HE etc.

1, yes and 2, not sure about that, would have to ask K4on as I know he looked into it but can't remember if he managed to get that working and haven't tested it myself